You can start tomatoes from seeds indoors about 6-8 weeks before the last frost date in your area. Use seed-starting trays ...

While most tomatoes can be grown in pots, that doesn’t mean all tomatoes are the best choice for growing in pots. You’ll want to look at determinate versus indeterminate varieties. Determinate ...

Available as both heirloom and hybrid -- meaning they are naturally pollinated or developed by scientists to have certain ...

When are tomatoes ready to harvest? With more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes available, you might wonder when your homegrown variety is ready to harvest. However, despite such a wide choice of ...

University of Illinois entomology professor Esther Ngumbi is purposely flooding tomatoes to see how they might respond to ...

“It’s a continuous race against the evolution of new pathogens. We as humans want to eat a lot, but so do insects, birds, ...

Students of the SCOPE program out of UC Davis debuted new zinnia varieties during a recent field day on campus.

A citizen science project gives gardeners the chance to preserve heirloom crops that could be resistant to disease, pests and ...

For an extra flavorful and bold red sauce, be sure to reach for a can or tube of tomato paste. Here's why this concentrated ...

The best results in preserving come when fruits, herbs and vegetables are harvested at their peak. Toss or compost any that ...

Dr Michael Kwabena Osei, a Senior Research Scientist and Head of Horticulture Division at the Council for Scientific and ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of the Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) says the Institute needs more ...